A medium-sized river kingfisher, Alcedo peninsulae is commonly known as the Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher. It occurs in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. This species has dark blackish upperparts with silvery-azure streak from the mantle to rump. It also has a long, white neck-flash with rufous tip, white throat and rest of underparts in the male are whitish with bold blue bands across the chest. While the female with rich orange underparts but lacking breast-band. It feeds on fish, crustaceans, insects and larvae, and small lizards. The Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher is listed as Near Threatened by IUCN Red List due to habitat loss (BirdLife International, 2016). [Source: MyBIS] Last weekend, I had the opportunity to spend some time in Hulu Langat to look for this kingfisher and luck was on my side as I have managed to photograph the female Malay blue-banded kingfisher by the river, using a hide, without which, it would have been impossible to photograph this skittish bird. Hope to get the male kingfisher on my next visit there. Scientific: Alcedo peninsulae Malay: Pekaka Bukit Family: Alcedinidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2014): Near Threatened Gear: SONY α1 + SEL200600G Location: Hulu Langat, Selangor #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #α1 #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
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During the DYMM SPB Agong's Birthday holiday, I went to Taman Negara Sungai Relau in Merapoh with some friends, namely Din Mohd Yaman, Apiq Sulaiman and Hj Arman Haron. We departed from KL at 4:15am on 5/6/2022 in one car. The journey takes 223km from Gombak Toll right to Taman Negara Sungai Relau and the journey takes about 3 hours 45 minutes, including stops for subuh prayer in Raub and Kuala Lipis for breakfast. We arrived at Taman Negara Sungai Relau by 8:45am. We started birding on 5/6/2022 with the main target, the garnet pitta, the jewel of Taman Negara Sungai Relau. We finished the first day around 5:00pm with no show of the garnet pitta. We continue birding again on 6/6/2022 where I've spend bulk of the time between 8:30am until 5:00pm in the hide. We were very unfortunate that the garnet pitta failed to show up on the feeding log, despite hearing its calls nearby. Looks like I have to plan another trip to Taman Negara Sungai Relau when it is open season for the garnet pitta, between early January till end May. List of birds (5/6/2002):
List of birds (6/6/2022):
#NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #α1 #a7IV #α7IV #SEL100400GM #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife Copyright © 2022 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at nismailm@gmail.com. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ The Ceyx rufidorsa is a bird species in the Alcedinidae family. It is commonly known as the rufous-backed kingfisher. This species is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand in tropical lowland forests near lakeshores and streamsides. The rufous-backed kingfisher is a small bird usually in solitary and hunts from a low perch over the water by diving for insects including mantises (Mantodea), grasshoppers (Orthoptera), flies (Diptera), water beetles (Dytiscidae), winged ants (Formicidae) and frogs. It is sometimes considered as a subspecies of the Oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca). [Source: MyBIS] During my recent visit to Hulu Langat, I've also managed to capture some of the kingfishers detailed portrait shots using SONY's flagship α1 camera and the new SONY α7IV with the SEL200600G and SEL100400GM lenses. The challenge was to shoot the kingfisher in low light due to forest canopy, but the problem is easily solve due to the high ISO capability of the SONY cameras and post processed using Topaz Labs plugins. Name: Rufous-backed kingfisher Scientific: Ceyx rufidorsa Malay: Pekaka Api Family: Alcedinidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Location: Hulu Langat, Selangor #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #α1 #a7IV #α7IV #SEL100400GM #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife Copyright © 2022 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at nismailm@gmail.com. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ A very characteristic bird of the wetlands, known as Collared Kingfisher belongs to family Alcedinidae. It can be found mostly at tidal mangroves, sandy beaches and coastal scrub, sometimes also at inland gardens and parks. Its size can reach up to 24 cm in length. In appearance, the Collared Kingfisher has a turquoise head and upperparts contrast with the white colour on its collar and underparts. It feeds on crabs, worms, large insects and lizards (Strange & Jeyarajasingam, 1993). [Source: MyBIS] Name: Collared kingfisher Scientific: Todiramphus chloris Malay: Pekaka Bakau / Pekaka Sungai Family: Alcedinidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY α1 + SEL200600G + SEL14TC Location: Pantai Balok, Kuantan, Pahang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #α1 #SEL200600G #SEL14TC #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
Copyright © 2022 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at nismailm@gmail.com. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ A very characteristic bird of the wetlands, known as Collared Kingfisher belongs to family Alcedinidae. It can be found mostly at tidal mangroves, sandy beaches and coastal scrub, sometimes also at inland gardens and parks. Its size can reach up to 24 cm in length. In appearance, the Collared Kingfisher has a turquoise head and upperparts contrast with the white colour on its collar and underparts. It feeds on crabs, worms, large insects and lizards (Strange & Jeyarajasingam, 1993). [Source: MyBIS] Name: Collared kingfisher Scientific: Todiramphus chloris Malay: Pekaka Bakau / Pekaka Sungai Family: Alcedinidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY α1 + SEL200600G + SEL14TC Location: Pantai Balok, Kuantan, Pahang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #α1 #SEL200600G #SEL14TC #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
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